Bushland Blitzkrieg!!

Tomorrow promises to be a big day. With no other social or work commitments, its going to be a full day's work out in the scrub. Problem weeds right now are erica, and broom - both in flower, as well as the fumitory that's threatening to over-run the creek.

As the topsoil is still a little damp (despite a very dry September) I reckon we can get away still with hand-pulling all but the largest broom and erica, though will need to restort to herbicide for most of the fumitory.

Monadenia orchid (another escapee from South Africa) is also popping its head up at the present. Another bushcarer shared a tip this week - that modadenia can be sprayed with a small funnel attachment to a spray bottle. Just pop the funnel over the nasty South African interloper, and squeeze the trigger. It gives the weed a nasty jolt of glyphosate, without any undesired spray drift elsewhere. Worth a go, I reckon!